Disk land-cultivator, road-machine, and farm-wagon.



PAT

ENTED MAR. 27, 1906. A.- L. FOOI'E. 4 DISK LAND GULTIVATOR, ROAD MACHINE, AND FARM WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6. 1905.

' WITNESSES! INVEN'IOR,

A Twila/V1515 UNITED v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' ABRAM LAKINI-FOOTE, OF FAYETT JOWAQ DISK L ANDI-,OU LTIVQATO R, 'RoAo m cHmg-An o FARM-WA ON.

Tod ll whom it'may concern} Be it known that LAB AM LAKIN FOOTE, of Fayette, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Im 'rovements in Disk Land-Cultivaes, and Farm-Wagons and I do'thereby declare the following to be a full,

tors, Roa -Machiclear, and exact description of the invention,

a such as will enable others skilled inthe a'rt to which it appert'ains to make and use the same.

, I This'invention-relates to a combined disk cultivator,road-working machine, and farmwa on.

'lhe invention has for its ob ect to present a machine of this class which may be usefully employed not only for cultivatin land, but

also for smoothing and repairing t e surfaces of roads, and which when the land and road been illustrated a simp to the precise structural hibited, but that changes, alterations, and modifications within'the scope of the inven-' working implements are detached shall' resent a frame upon which a wagon box or. ed-

Will be hereinafter fully described, and par ticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyin drawings there has be and preferred form of-the invention, it being, however, understood'that no limitation'is necessarily-made details therein extion may bemade when desired. In the drawings, Figure 1 1s a sideelevation of a'machii'ie constructed in accordance with the rinciples of the invention.- Fi 2 is a top p an view of the same, and Fig. 31s a detail view. 1

. Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by like characters of reference.

The frame of the improved machine is composed, essentially, of two longitudinal beams of side members nee-ted to ether and spaced apart by means of oblique y-disposed transverse members 2 2.5 Additional cross ieces or connectin pieces may be used 'w on desired. The side members 1 1 are suzplport-ed near-their rearnd jupo h a 6. v e ca in Specification of Letters Patent; Application filed September 6,1905. semi raw/7,268.

, tion, but

e invention are to sii'nconstruction'and oper- 1 1, which are con i with the head 11 of the which latter may be thus raised or lowered to stood. I is to be transported from one lace to an- I llbeelevated 1 sufiiciently to support the'lower edges of the Patented March 2 1906.

wheels 3, bolster 3, king-bolt 4, with a front axle 5, having low carrying-wheels 6, which are of such dimensionsfthat. they may readily swing under the sidemembers 11 1.

and near their front ends upon a which is connected, by means of a Wear-plates or bolster-'- plates 7 are; interposed between the bolster and the front axle, and securely connected with the latter is a tongue 8; Brace-rods 9 9 are-employed to assist in securing the tonguefirmly upon the front axle, hounds'in theordmaryacceptation of the term being dis-' pensed with. A brace 10 connects thefkingolt 4 with the forward cross-piece 2. v

A'disk-carryin frame F is provided, the

same including acad-piece 11, rovidedon its under side with bearing m'em er's 12 for a shaft 13, upon which latter a pluralit of are supported for rotation. T esedisks 14 disks, which maybe of any suitable construcwhich are preferably of theordinary concave-convex sh Spaced upon the shaft 13, andthe latter is provided at intervals with perforated lugsjor eyes. 15, withwhich draft rods -16 are conape are suitably nected, said draft-rods being assembled in palrs, as shown, and connected at their front ends by means of links '17 of short chains 18,

whereby said draft-rods are connected with eyebo It will be observed that the diSk cairying'. shaft draft, thepoints of connection of the draft lts 19, extending through the ,bolster 3.

is disposed obliquely with relation, to f the line of draftin order that the dirt en gaged by the disks may be-properly over- 0 i turned and moved; a In order to prevent side members, 16 .withthe bolster 3 is sufficiently to one side of the center to compensate.for"- any tendency to side draft that might exist. A chain'or flexible element 20 connects the head 11 of the disk-carrying frame with the eross.bar2.

Pivoted exteriorly. upon the side members I 1 1 of the main frame are levers 21, havin upwardly-extending handles provided with stop members 22, adapted to engage racksegments 23,-wher'eby said levers may be secured, at various adjnstmenta-flThe lower ends of'the levers are pivotal'lyiconnected various ositi'ons', as will be readily under other-the disk-carryingframe wi 1 05' disk-carryingIframe,

t is obvious that when'thc machine frame are independently ad'ustable.

disks at a suitabledistance say from six to i by properly manipulatin eiglft inchesabove the ground. W'hen'the machine is in workingposition, the disk-car- ,rying frame may be lowered to a position in which-the disks will'be com elled to enter the ground to the desired dept It will also be seen that the two ends of the disk-calirtyfmlg O lows that the machine is we l adapted for operation upon slanting or hilly ground, and it also follows that the machine may be utilized to grade the surface of the ground slanting'ly, as is sometimes desired in the making or repairing of roads.

Pivotally mounted upon the outer sides of the side beams 1 1 are a, pair of rearwardlyextending and downwardly-curved beams 24, carryinga scraper-S, which may be composed of a head-block 25 and a metallic facingplate 26, the said head-block being suitab y connected by means of bolts,,r ivets,'or other fastening members, as 27-. The beams 24 are sup orted inlinks 28, connected withadjusting-eversZQ, which latter may be and are preferably provided with means" whereby they maybe retained securely at various adjustments. Springs, as 30, are also provided disk Cultivators.

whereby the scraper-carryin beams are normally forced in a downwar direction, thus holding the scraper in ound-engaging position in such a manner t at in the event of obstructions being encountered the scraper shall'be capable of yielding in an upward direction against the tension of the s rings, and thus riding over and clearing all ohstructions without danger of breakage.

Upon the u per side of' one of the side members 1 1 t ere is secured a keeper 31, in which the lower endof' an upright 32 may be detachably supported, said upright carryingat its up er end'a seat 33 for t river or o erator o the machine. Thisse'at, aswill e seen, may be readily detached when desired.

From the fore mg descri tion, taken in connection with t edrawin'gs ereto annexed,

the operation and advanta es of thisimroved machine will be rea ily understood 1 y thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains. It'will be observed thatthe land which is operated upon by cultivator-disks is -moved in'o'ne direction only and is not bedded or ridged, as is commonly the case with When the machine is used for roadworkin ur oses, the scraper following in rear 0 the disks will serve to level the soil that has been loosened and overturned by the action of the disks, and said disks, aswell as the scraper, may be pivotally adjusted to any desired inclination or ,grade. The scraper is preferably disposed obliquely to the line of draft, but opposite to the inclination of the disk-carrying shaft.

The cultivator-disks may be used inde pendently of the scraper, and the latter may 'e used independently of the cultivator-disks -members 1 1, thus convertin disk-carrying frame and the scraper-carrying beams. It' will be seen that the scraper, as well as the disk-carrying frame, may very easily and quickl be detached from the suportmg-fram'e. hen this is done, the same ame may be utilized to support an-ordinary wagon box or bed, which may be fitted upon the bolster and the-hind axle "and u on the transverse members 2 2 between tie side the machine into a very stron anddurab e farm-wagon which may be utilized for general purposes.

I claim 1. A carrying-frame including side 1116111? bers, obliquely-disposed cross members, a hind axle and'a front bolster; a front axle pivoted beneath 'the bolster, a brace memer connecting the front axle with the forward obli ue cross-bar; a diskcarryin frame, a dis -carrying shaftsupported in sai frame, draft means connecting said shaft and adjusting the with the frontbolster; flexible means eon-' nectin the head of the disk-carryingframe with t e rear oblique cross bar; a drafttongue connected rigidly with the front axle; and means for vertically adjusting and for retaining at various adjustments the ends of the disk-carrying frame.

2.1 In a machine of the class described, a carr ing-frame includin side members, a hin axle and" a frontbcfister; a front axle pivoted beneath the bolster; an adjustablysupported disk-carrying frame, a disk-carryin shaft in said frame and means connecting said shaft-flexibly with the front bolster; a

draft-tongue connected rigidly with the front axle; rearwardly extending downwardly.- curved beams pivoted upon the side beams of the carrying-frame, a scraper carried by said beams, and means for adjusting the scraper carrying beams andfor retaining them at various adjustments.

3. In a machine of the class described, a

carrying-frame including side members, a

hindaxle and a front bolster; a front axle pivoted beneath the bolster; an adjustablysupported disk-carrying frame, a disk-carryin'g shaft in said frame, and means connecting said shaft flexibly with the front bolster to one side of the line of draft; a draft member connected rigidly with thefront axle; rearwardly extending downwardly-curved beams privoted upon the side beams of the carrying-' ame, a scraper carried by said beams, springs disposed toexert downward pressure upon the scraper-carrying beams, and means for adjusting said beams and for retaining them at various adjustments.

4. In a machine of the class described, a carrying-frame, rearwardly-extending downwardly-curved beams pivoted upon the side beams of the carrying-frame, a scraper carried by said beams,springs disposed to exert downward pressure upon said beams, adjusting-levers frame, links pirot-ed upon the side beams of the connected pivotally with said leyers and supporting the scraper-carrying beams, and means for securing the levers at '5 various adjustments.

o 5. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with a carrying-frame, of an 0b liquely-dispose d adjustab ly-supported diskcarryin frame and an adjustably-su obli ue y disposed scraper; the dis -carry- IO ing time and thescraper being'obliquely disposed in opposite directions.

ABRAM LAKIN 'FOOTE.

I Witnesses:

. W. C(Dnnmsrorr,

A. M. BREWER.

ported 

